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Alright, just a short thread. But realistically shouldn't all the characters scale to Low 4-C? It was a mere gesture that HIM did on what feat he scales too. His own power reverted it casually, and the girls have taken punishment from his attacks before, heck numerous times in the episode The Beatles. Even if that isn't the case, shouldn't HIM physically be downgraded to 6-C, since his attacks can be shrugged off by the main characters?
If there is a thread on why the scaling shouldn't happen, please alert me with it.
Edit: From the thread, we have now presented new things, opinions have changed and I am now deciding to make a full-on CRT.
Debunking the Former Arguments That Said The Girls Don't Scale to HIM:
"In Octi Evil, HIM's first appearance, the girls don't fight him. They just foil his plan."
I need to rewatch this episode again, but if I remember correctly. HIM possesses Bubbles toy "Octi" and it's evident that he was possessing the entire thing as he's inside it when controlling it. HIM restrained Bubbles when possessing the thing, so it is evident that HIM is more powerful. Though Blossom and Buttercup apparently pull out Bubbles from HIM's grip, while it isn't that direct. I can't see a 6-C grabbing someone and releasing their grip from someone who is Low 4-C.
"In Telephonies, when the Gangreen Gang prank the girls to get them to attack HIM, unlike assaulting him as they did with Mojo Jojo and Fuzzy, Blossom apprehensively asks if he was doing anything evil while HIM is completely unconcerned by their presence. When he denies doing anything, they leave as quickly as possible."
This is taken extremely out of context. For the entire episode, Gangreen Gang were pranking the girls into believing that Mojo Jojo and Fuzzy were committing crimes (With the Mayor's voice), after giving both a beatdown they realized it was a false alarm and gave them both a beating for no reason. Obviously, they had doubts and they even stated it, though when they heard it was HIM and thought he wasn't joking so they left to his home. Though after busting in and finding HIM exercising, they were just awkward and saying if he did anything evil. HIM is unconcerned with a threat cause the Girls just randomly busted in his house, and the "Leave as quickly as possible" isn't the case, cause they were asking him if he did anything evil and seemed confused and that's really it. Also it's evident that right after they didn't believe when the Mayor actually asked the Girls that there was a fight going on, so that should explain why the Girls didn't immediately attack him.
On a side and important note, in the same episode. HIM, Mojo Jojo, and Fuzzy Lumpkins find out that they got prank-called and actually fought with the Ganggreen gang. Obviously, it wasn't a challenge for the 3. As they quickly gained an upper hand, though the Gangreen gang took an eye blast laser beam from HIM (They were apparently easily vulnerable to being beaten by the three right after). As well as Ace taking a straight-up kick by HIM, and getting slammed into the ground by HIM. While it's unlikely HIM was out of kill them rather teach them a lesson. I don't see that as holding back your attacks, rather just deciding not to kill them. You can beat someone up but not have an intention to kill them.
"In Tough Love, HIM mind controls everyone into hating the PPG, forcing the girls to beat everyone up to snap them out of it. After they do so, he basically just laughs at them and leaves."
Yeah, that's basically what happens.
"Birthday Bash has HIM giving the girls a giant, killer pi├▒ata as a birthday present aaaand...that's it."
Pretty much, though it's implied he did this through his own power. Not much to argue here.
"In Speed Demon, the girls accidentally travel to the future, where HIM has taken over Earth in their absence. They attack him in rage, but HIM just lets them punch him, taunting them as the girls grow tired and he takes no damage whatsoever. He then becomes giant, taunts them more by using their friends and family, and sends them fleeing back to the present."
I explained this earlier in my thread. We have Negative Feelings Empowerment on his page where he essentially gets more powerful after feeding off negative emotions, and he had 50 years of negative feelings to feed on from everyone on Earth (Where he took over the entire world and turned everyone into basically negative zombies) Which is easily a major amp.
"In Moral Decay, Buttercup was implied to have knocked out one of HIM's teeth, offscreen. However, like with every other villain in the episode, she does this by barging in and sucker-punching them while they're at home. At the end of the episode, they all beat her senseless."
This is easily the girls scaling to HIM still. In every scene in the episode, she does this by punching them right in the face and knocking their teeth out. If they were off-guard, I highly doubt there's any chance HIM could've held back anyhow, especially when he's clearly upset in the aftermath. I think it's also implied he took them down anyhow, as she does this to everyone in the episode by incapacitating them.
"Meet the Beat-Alls has the girls actually damage HIM, near the end. However, in this same episode, HIM ends up in prison (which is something that has NEVER happened before and NEVER happens after), making the episode an extreme low showing for him."
He only goes to prison cause he's incapacitated. Realistically if you're enemy is defeated that should be able to happen. Add that HIM very likely just broke out of prison right after he recovered, as he wasn't even able to move when he was thrown in prison. The main reason he was defeated so easily was due to being surprised that the Girls shrugged off his, Fuzzy's, and Princess's attacks (Cause originally he, Princess, and Fuzzy knocked them out together). The entire episode, HIM was blasting an acid laser (His own power) right at the girl, which restrained them though it's unknown how long, though they were fully restrained when Mojo Jojo and Princess fired their attacks. That should be the Girls scaling to HIM in a way.
"All Chalked Up simply has Bubbles foil his scheme."
Like Tough Love, yeah pretty much.
"Him Diddle Riddle is nothing but HIM and the Professor making a bet."
Yep.
"I'm pretty sure Power-noia is what's mainly being used for this scaling, since the girls beat HIM until he begs them to stop. However, there's a HUGE caveat. All of this happens in a nightmare, and occurs because they get over their fears, making HIM lose his power."
While in the dream, it does show that the Girls are portrayed as being as powerful as they're normally. Being able to defeat giant monsters, having super strength, super speed. So this is rather more of a possibility, that HIM is possibly as powerful as he is in real life. Though given the lack of implications, this is correct that this isn't a direct scaling with HIM and the Girls.
"In The Boys are Back in Tow, HIM is portrayed as SO powerful, he not only revives the dead Rowdyruff Boys (who are equal to the PPG), but also makes them immune to what killed them in the first place."
In the same episode, HIM doesn't even try to fight the girls head-on when he wants to destroy them. He also could've revived the Rowdyruff Boys in any way he could've. It's even shown that when the Rowdyruff Boys originally died, the original things that made them were left behind, which HIM could've just put it in Chemical X. This could've been done in a variety of ways that it's impossible to say that he's "far superior that his mere power recreates them" when it could've been done in any alternative way that we could know of. As well as what killed them in the first place was kisses, he just used masculinity to make him immune to it (Implied when they were defeated when their masculinity being threatened was the exact opposite when the girls tried to kiss them again)
"Out of all of these, there's only one which would really scale the girls to HIM (Meet the Beat-Alls, which is a huge low showing for HIM, all around), and another that would only imply they scale if we're being extremely generous (Moral Decay). All this considered, I really don't know if the girls should straight upscale to HIM, especially since his Low 4-C feat already comes from an episode in a later season, which is where he's portrayed as most powerful."
The Meet the Beat-Alls should technically be already taken as a feat, cause there's nothing to justify that HIM can't be harmed on the level he was shown, and the power he was shown. He was still capable of restraining the girls with his mouth acid blast, and restraining Bubbles while possessing a toy, portraying him as superior. So that's scaling from HIM. Moral Decay is a straight-up implication of a direct feat, cause she straight up punched him in the face and knocked his teeth out, as shown she did that to everyone in the episode. The Girls should scale to HIM, but not upscale from him. Though the Girls should easily far upscale from his extremely very casual hand gesture feat that required no focus, struggle, or effort whatsoever. Also in the later season, the Girls are still shown being able to trade blows with him in the Finale (The Powerpuff Girls Rule!)
(I'll finish the rest tomorrow)
If there is a thread on why the scaling shouldn't happen, please alert me with it.
Edit: From the thread, we have now presented new things, opinions have changed and I am now deciding to make a full-on CRT.
Debunking the Former Arguments That Said The Girls Don't Scale to HIM:
"In Octi Evil, HIM's first appearance, the girls don't fight him. They just foil his plan."
I need to rewatch this episode again, but if I remember correctly. HIM possesses Bubbles toy "Octi" and it's evident that he was possessing the entire thing as he's inside it when controlling it. HIM restrained Bubbles when possessing the thing, so it is evident that HIM is more powerful. Though Blossom and Buttercup apparently pull out Bubbles from HIM's grip, while it isn't that direct. I can't see a 6-C grabbing someone and releasing their grip from someone who is Low 4-C.
"In Telephonies, when the Gangreen Gang prank the girls to get them to attack HIM, unlike assaulting him as they did with Mojo Jojo and Fuzzy, Blossom apprehensively asks if he was doing anything evil while HIM is completely unconcerned by their presence. When he denies doing anything, they leave as quickly as possible."
This is taken extremely out of context. For the entire episode, Gangreen Gang were pranking the girls into believing that Mojo Jojo and Fuzzy were committing crimes (With the Mayor's voice), after giving both a beatdown they realized it was a false alarm and gave them both a beating for no reason. Obviously, they had doubts and they even stated it, though when they heard it was HIM and thought he wasn't joking so they left to his home. Though after busting in and finding HIM exercising, they were just awkward and saying if he did anything evil. HIM is unconcerned with a threat cause the Girls just randomly busted in his house, and the "Leave as quickly as possible" isn't the case, cause they were asking him if he did anything evil and seemed confused and that's really it. Also it's evident that right after they didn't believe when the Mayor actually asked the Girls that there was a fight going on, so that should explain why the Girls didn't immediately attack him.
On a side and important note, in the same episode. HIM, Mojo Jojo, and Fuzzy Lumpkins find out that they got prank-called and actually fought with the Ganggreen gang. Obviously, it wasn't a challenge for the 3. As they quickly gained an upper hand, though the Gangreen gang took an eye blast laser beam from HIM (They were apparently easily vulnerable to being beaten by the three right after). As well as Ace taking a straight-up kick by HIM, and getting slammed into the ground by HIM. While it's unlikely HIM was out of kill them rather teach them a lesson. I don't see that as holding back your attacks, rather just deciding not to kill them. You can beat someone up but not have an intention to kill them.
"In Tough Love, HIM mind controls everyone into hating the PPG, forcing the girls to beat everyone up to snap them out of it. After they do so, he basically just laughs at them and leaves."
Yeah, that's basically what happens.
"Birthday Bash has HIM giving the girls a giant, killer pi├▒ata as a birthday present aaaand...that's it."
Pretty much, though it's implied he did this through his own power. Not much to argue here.
"In Speed Demon, the girls accidentally travel to the future, where HIM has taken over Earth in their absence. They attack him in rage, but HIM just lets them punch him, taunting them as the girls grow tired and he takes no damage whatsoever. He then becomes giant, taunts them more by using their friends and family, and sends them fleeing back to the present."
I explained this earlier in my thread. We have Negative Feelings Empowerment on his page where he essentially gets more powerful after feeding off negative emotions, and he had 50 years of negative feelings to feed on from everyone on Earth (Where he took over the entire world and turned everyone into basically negative zombies) Which is easily a major amp.
"In Moral Decay, Buttercup was implied to have knocked out one of HIM's teeth, offscreen. However, like with every other villain in the episode, she does this by barging in and sucker-punching them while they're at home. At the end of the episode, they all beat her senseless."
This is easily the girls scaling to HIM still. In every scene in the episode, she does this by punching them right in the face and knocking their teeth out. If they were off-guard, I highly doubt there's any chance HIM could've held back anyhow, especially when he's clearly upset in the aftermath. I think it's also implied he took them down anyhow, as she does this to everyone in the episode by incapacitating them.
"Meet the Beat-Alls has the girls actually damage HIM, near the end. However, in this same episode, HIM ends up in prison (which is something that has NEVER happened before and NEVER happens after), making the episode an extreme low showing for him."
He only goes to prison cause he's incapacitated. Realistically if you're enemy is defeated that should be able to happen. Add that HIM very likely just broke out of prison right after he recovered, as he wasn't even able to move when he was thrown in prison. The main reason he was defeated so easily was due to being surprised that the Girls shrugged off his, Fuzzy's, and Princess's attacks (Cause originally he, Princess, and Fuzzy knocked them out together). The entire episode, HIM was blasting an acid laser (His own power) right at the girl, which restrained them though it's unknown how long, though they were fully restrained when Mojo Jojo and Princess fired their attacks. That should be the Girls scaling to HIM in a way.
"All Chalked Up simply has Bubbles foil his scheme."
Like Tough Love, yeah pretty much.
"Him Diddle Riddle is nothing but HIM and the Professor making a bet."
Yep.
"I'm pretty sure Power-noia is what's mainly being used for this scaling, since the girls beat HIM until he begs them to stop. However, there's a HUGE caveat. All of this happens in a nightmare, and occurs because they get over their fears, making HIM lose his power."
While in the dream, it does show that the Girls are portrayed as being as powerful as they're normally. Being able to defeat giant monsters, having super strength, super speed. So this is rather more of a possibility, that HIM is possibly as powerful as he is in real life. Though given the lack of implications, this is correct that this isn't a direct scaling with HIM and the Girls.
"In The Boys are Back in Tow, HIM is portrayed as SO powerful, he not only revives the dead Rowdyruff Boys (who are equal to the PPG), but also makes them immune to what killed them in the first place."
In the same episode, HIM doesn't even try to fight the girls head-on when he wants to destroy them. He also could've revived the Rowdyruff Boys in any way he could've. It's even shown that when the Rowdyruff Boys originally died, the original things that made them were left behind, which HIM could've just put it in Chemical X. This could've been done in a variety of ways that it's impossible to say that he's "far superior that his mere power recreates them" when it could've been done in any alternative way that we could know of. As well as what killed them in the first place was kisses, he just used masculinity to make him immune to it (Implied when they were defeated when their masculinity being threatened was the exact opposite when the girls tried to kiss them again)
"Out of all of these, there's only one which would really scale the girls to HIM (Meet the Beat-Alls, which is a huge low showing for HIM, all around), and another that would only imply they scale if we're being extremely generous (Moral Decay). All this considered, I really don't know if the girls should straight upscale to HIM, especially since his Low 4-C feat already comes from an episode in a later season, which is where he's portrayed as most powerful."
The Meet the Beat-Alls should technically be already taken as a feat, cause there's nothing to justify that HIM can't be harmed on the level he was shown, and the power he was shown. He was still capable of restraining the girls with his mouth acid blast, and restraining Bubbles while possessing a toy, portraying him as superior. So that's scaling from HIM. Moral Decay is a straight-up implication of a direct feat, cause she straight up punched him in the face and knocked his teeth out, as shown she did that to everyone in the episode. The Girls should scale to HIM, but not upscale from him. Though the Girls should easily far upscale from his extremely very casual hand gesture feat that required no focus, struggle, or effort whatsoever. Also in the later season, the Girls are still shown being able to trade blows with him in the Finale (The Powerpuff Girls Rule!)
(I'll finish the rest tomorrow)
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